A Springfield man was “really lucky” to be in stable condition after he was shot in the shoulder on July 23 in Nelson County, according to Nelson County Sheriff’s Department Detective Jason Allison.
About 11:20 p.m., the ex-wife of Arthur Smith, 60, of Bardstown, called Nelson County Dispatch, claiming that Smith was outside her house with a gun.
Six minutes later, Mark Mann, 51, of Springfield, called dispatch again and said Smith had shot him.

A Washington County native competed in the Miss Kentucky pageant over the weekend.
Katherine Fields, who won the Miss UK Thoroughbred pageant to gain entry, was among the contestants at the Miss Kentucky pageant.

Jessica Casebolt, Miss Goldenrod, won the honor of Miss Kentucky.
Fields is a 2010 graduate of Washington County High School and is enrolled at the University of Kentucky.
She is the daughter of Jimmy and Kathy Fields of Springfield.

Lebanon will play host to the world’s largest remote control jet show - Jets Over Kentucky - July 8-14 at the Lebanon/Springfield Airport in Lebanon. Event organizers are expecting as many as 200 pilots from across the globe, including Europe, Iceland, Asia, Mexico, Canada, Germany and an entire team from Spain.

Somewhere between jumps 20 and 30, someone checked on Troy Woods’ status.
“You OK?”
“Yeah,” Woods said. “Open the door. Get out. Do it again.”
Woods not only broke the state record for most skydiving attempts in one day on Friday at Arnold’s Airport, he doubled it.
The previous record was 40. Woods holds the new record, with 80 jumps in one day.
Bob Boswell, the former record holder, jumped with Woods on No. 41.